VW Fastback Undergoes A Stunning Transformation | Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars

[@ricklarner9263]

Fantastic resto !!

[@deegee8010]

My Dad had one of these and it was one of the first cars I drove, I remember the ride and especially the smooth smooth gear change.

[@m2kev789]

This took me back - my Dad had one of these back in the day - great car! Great memories! 😀

[@e.l.8824]

I had a 1972 for some years. The double-carb-engines could easily burn through back-fire.... I broke down on the highway with a burnt ignition-switch - could get home by bypassing contact 30 with 15 in the fuse-assembly. Later VW solved the problem with an so called x-relais so that the main current was going over the contacts of this relais instead through the ignition switch. The double-carb version was difficult to align, with all the ankle-joints that had dead-play. Therefore excess fuel-consumption of 12-13 ltr./100Km, this was an issue back in 1973 for a 54 hp engine. Another pain is the exhaust: it has 2 screws with 55mm diam. they were not easy accessible and of course got terribly corroded - you could easily spend a day to become them loose, not accessible to angle-grinder...but if all the issues were solved, it was runnig / steering / breaking great. These are my memories, maybe they help somebody....

[@jamest5149]

When they were driving along all steamed up.... yep remember that in all my T3’s.... even ice on the inside of the windscreen.

[@wizzard5442]

If only VW had thought of including the back window together with the boot lid, it would have been the world's first 2-door hatchback.

[@gispel7058]

Wish we here in the states had such a gathering of type 3 buffs

[@johnrodgers6049]

Great looking car. Love the color. Front plate looks funny below the bumper with that wide open space above the bumper.

[@rogerhudson9732]

The type 3 is so under-rated in the UK, the Americans are much more understanding. A type 3 Variant ( estate car) is in many senses the only car you need.

[@knightothesteamfan9231]

Roger Hudson THANK YOU! I’ve waited to hear somebody say this, so many English people call the type 25 the type 3

[@lawrencegatt4515]

Love your videos mate from Australia 🇦🇺 you can see them on the ch 9 network in Australia 🇦🇺. Big Fan. 🥃💙

[@bartenz4307]

TR-6 Also had Michelin red lines. 🙂

[@lawrencegatt4515]

You should start a work shop in Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺. 💙

[@davidcoats2897]

Did we do any engine work, brakes, suspension, ball joints, shocks, CV joints, you know, those mechanical things, or did we just do cosmetic things????

[@autoroom21]

The commentator sounds like he’s smoked 200 JPS a day for the last 200 years

[@MrBluoct]

That red strip detail, effort and talent was really interesting

[@stephenport4768]

Sprintster wheels great my only criticism is number plate on the body above the bumper

[@lookoutleo]

learned to drive in a texas yellow fastback same as that but the 1600e fuel injection

[@GuyChapman]

My mate Dave has a Type 3, it won best in show at Volksworld. He bought a share in the company that did the resto!

[@lee2217]

Changed the colour and put adaft red stripe on a tyre that had nothing to do with the car Fantastic

[@thomasmcelroy3637]

nice job on the car.but what happens after the show with the cars ?

[@CC_SA]

Amazing 👏

[@joshooahh]

Not my personal choice of colour and wheels but they did a good job

[@johnathonseagull492]

Where are the 'White Lines' ???

[@johnceragioli9671]

I really wish they had done the rear bumper too.

[@samilliw1]

Same red strip on the bumper would help

[@chrisst8922]

Rather than fart about with the bumper, they should've just completed the bumpers as the manufacturer intended by attaching the rubber bumper strips.

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

They are called 'red lines'.

[@Drenov]

We don't care about the shopping, we want to see the mechanics!

[@drazenfx]

I remember sleeping over the engine when I was a kid

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Rims are odd. Should’ve went with Empi. California style😎

[@noahmeme2]

I wish the american type 3 didn't have the front license plate bump.

[@KalvinistKyle]

Is the narrator from the witch?

[@caravaggio495]

I love his tattoos sailor jerry rules

[@chriscorby5393]

What's with the hot rod tyres? Totally inapropriate.

[@kb9072]

Should of put a white stripe on the tyres. Also why not put headrests on seats. It's dangerous in a crash. When your neck snaps back you'll regret not having them.

[@thokdesign]

the higher seats with head rest are ugly and came out on 72-73 models. I don't have the higher seats on my on 70 either thankfully

[@kb9072]

@@thokdesign More people think the same as you but I just can't get my head around it. Comfort and safety over period correct style for me. I actually prefer the high back seats style wise also.

[@inlangford]

Front tires too small. Should have been a square setup..

[@adamknopp6631]

Shame I sold my almost immaculate orange one for £650 in 1993....

[@samilliw1]

Even he thought it was shit , you can tell by the pause, somepeople you can tell when they're lying

[@rickpowell4048]

My word thats one Fugley Car. Saved by a thin Red Line.

[@alexn1184]

rick powell I got one. They are so strange looking I like it haha. Beauty in ugly.

[@alanmarpole8138]

Wonder if anyone made a very large profit out of Drew for a change.

[@fivedotsdave9723]

If someone (with some design sense) had cut the front bumper down the rear bumper would have been cut in the same way, but not drew, weird!!

[@david-lt9wj]

Will your insurance company be ok with this? Changing the structure of the tyres.. What if there was a blowout on the motorway,and three people died..?

[@400outthedoor2]

Pritchard would change the frame on DaVinci’s Mona Lisa and take credit for the artwork. This is the same guy who test drove a Citroen DS with the handbrake engaged and complained about how slow the car was. He’s got the mechanical aptitude of a chimpanzee but that’s ok. What isn’t ok is the way he attempts to come off as the chief mechanic for a Formula One team. I appreciate the way Paul handles himself but Pritchard is a pompous ass. Why he even purchased hubcaps for a Saab and it made ALL THE DIFFERENCE; just ask him and he’ll tell ya how he, once again, saved the day.

[@nagram503917]

I wonder what Bridgestone would make of grinding away there tyre sidewall. Should not be legal to do it

[@PnwPryo]

Why the hell would people travel the world to get a stripe of paint on there tires

[@procatprocat9647]

One day that tire stripe guy will be responsible for a crash or death. I wonder how well he is insured and whether his customers have to sign a waiver. Risky business model !!!

[@MultiDwang]

I wonder what others think of Drew's new show. I don't like it at all. He is trying to reinvent himself, but the show has zero chemistry.

[@dannygroom3327]

Droop has xero n e thing......

[@michaelschulz9164]

He is a zero chemistry kinda guy..... gift wrapped in short man syndrome.... his body language is toxic

[@paulbarber8450]

Yeah, I dislike the way that Drew and his pal Paul Cowland have a discussion about how they will change the car whilst they're still viewing the vehicle, before they've even bought it from the current owner.😮

[@farseverosapirico6248]

FreemelonsforVWlovers ! Long ago I knew a joke , what I forgot : how is it , does anybody know it ? : The traffic warden stops the owner of a VW 1600 TL , and forces him to open up the cover of the Boot ( he is looking for something ) , but it turns out him , that the car doesn't have an engine , because he finds boots in te front and back... How was the joke ? i'm a joke collector from Hungary . Thank you... 🙂Ich spreche , übrigens Deutsch , aber nicht alle . Wie andere Leute von der ganzen Welt...

[@balajiiyengar4]

I personally didn't like it.

[@robertbuchwald6514]

It's only a bloody VW for God's sake.Its not a Jaguar or an Aston Martin.

[@michaelconverse5127]

Not sure what you mean. Are you saying that unlike a jag or Aston, it’s an air cooled VW so it’s actually reliable and well built ? I agree. The English should not build cars.

[@robertbuchwald6514]

@@michaelconverse5127 I'm saying it's very ordinary looking not very "stunning" as Drew tends to exaggerate just about everything.I.E. the best , fabulous , extraordinary etc. I realize this is t.v. so what else is new.

[@alexn1184]

Robert Buchwald I got one and love it so much. There’s beauty in ordinary as well. 😊

[@robertbuchwald6514]

@@alexn1184 That's quite true too. Just one man's opinion after all. ( I can't enjoy the overhype from some of the t.v.shows though ).

[@michaelconverse5127]

Robert Buchwald right on. At least this show is devoid of the constant melted guitar music that car shows here in the USA feature to a truly annoying level.